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[honestrosewater]

Okay, no google. Some kind of clamp? Or for shaping? Or for making holes? It's used with hard materials, metals? Not with wood? Just thinking aloud...

 

[brewnog]

It's not used with wood.

It's not used for clamping, shaping or making holes as such.

 

[hitssquad]

Rose, do you need some help? Here:

images.google.com/images?q=thingamabobber

 

[brewnog]

Rose, do you need some help? Here:

images.google.com/images?q=thingamabobber

That's just cruel...

 

[brewnog]

Look at the tip of the bit which would actually do the work. Think about its shape. And wonder why there's a barrel adjuster on it too.

 

[JamesU]

is it some sort of screwdriver?

 

[brewnog]

is it some sort of screwdriver?

Not as such, but you're not a million miles off.

 

[honestrosewater]

Stand aside everyone, I'm back on the case.

Look at the tip of the bit which would actually do the work. Think about its shape. And wonder why there's a barrel adjuster on it too.

I can't see the bit or its tip. Magnifying the image doesn't work. Do you have a picture of the same type of bit?
I am still rather confused about how exactly tapping works, but is this used for tapping?

 

[brewnog]

Stand aside everyone, I'm back on the case.
I can't see the bit or its tip. Magnifying the image doesn't work. Do you have a picture of the same type of bit?
I am still rather confused about how exactly tapping works, but is this used for tapping?

No, it's not used for tapping, but I can see what you're getting at.

The 'tip' is smooth and cylindrical, with a flat face. If this were a metal forming tool, you might expect the tip to be sharpened, or shaped in some way. However, it's not. It's just smooth, and cylindrical!

This is the kind of tool a mechanic might use (for cars, but also for motorbikes!), or a cyclist.

This is turning out to be a riveting conversation...

 

[honestrosewater]

I willl check again, but is that a boring bit?

 

[honestrosewater]

http://www.gokartsupply.com/img/4899.jpg

A chain rivet tool. Or something like that. I had looked at flaring tools and pop rivet tools...

 

[brewnog]

Yep yep, some good work there!

 

[hitssquad]

We bicyclists simply call them chain tools or chain breakers. You can see millions of them here if you have a sharp eye:
images.google.com/images?q=bike+tools

 

[honestrosewater]

In this land you'll find a crownless king, a wingless wasp, and a stone that just isn't. But they all have one more thing in common.

 

[wolram]

Ireland? sounds cooky enough.

 

[honestrosewater]

Ach naw, laddie. Or something like that...

The 3 things actually have a lot in common, but the clues are just where they all live and one more rather special thing.

 

[wolram]

I know of a stone fish and a king fish so sealand

 

[honestrosewater]

I know of a stone fish and a king fish so sealand

Wow, there is a place called Sealand. It's wrong though. Stonefish is correct. Not king fish. I didn't mean the name included 'land'.

The wasp is also a box with no lid. The king is black but not by name.

 

[brewnog]

Stonefish, kingfishers and waspfish are all found on the Solomon Isles?

 

[honestrosewater]

Stonefish, kingfishers and waspfish are all found on the Solomon Isles?

Nope. Is there anything special about a stonefish? Something you should maybe know before you step on one?

Other than them being totally wicked-looking- have you seen some of those fish? Yikes.

 

[brewnog]

It's got a poisony spikey thing!

So do wasps...

(And kingfish?)

 

[honestrosewater]

venom, yes. kingfish, still no.

 

[Danger]

It's got a poisony spikey thing!

Don't get so technical, dude. We're not all marine biologists here.

 

[wolram]

Coral reefs maybe.

 

[honestrosewater]

So...
A crownless king that is black but not by name.
A wingless wasp that is also a box with no lid.
You have stonefish, which are venomous.
They all live in the same place.

 

[honestrosewater]

Coral reefs maybe.

Um, not no but not yes. Warm.

 

[wolram]

Danger, i had a few to many last night, but were you at the bottom of
my garden?

 

[Danger]

Danger, i had a few to many last night, but were you at the bottom of
my garden?

I was at the bottom of something, but damned if I can remember what. It's quite possible. (I tipped a couple back myself.)

 

[wolram]

Bikini atoll just a guess.

 

[honestrosewater]

(I tipped a couple back myself.)

Did they fall?
Actually, nevermind.